Realtor meets Katie Couric

You never know how things are going to work out when a celebrity is involved, but for Karen Frisone, managing broker and owner of K. O. Real Estate in Westminster, an auction item purchased at the 2010 Nathan Yip Foundation Gala turned out to be the real deal.
The package included a trip to New York City with a behind-the-scenes tour of CBS News and the chance to meet “Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. Frisone describes Couric as “A doll … she even let me sit behind the news desk.”
Frisone arrived home in time for the Denver Board of Realtors’ annual Roundtable of Excellence Awards, where she was recognized as the No. 1 producer for individual transactions (189) and No. 2 for top volume ($27,775,172) in sales. Frisone has been in the real estate business since 1987 and started her own company in 1995.

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